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1/2 Wave Plates

I am going to place an order with a CN company that has produced many optics for me in the past. I have ordered composite vanadate crystals, polarizing optics and non-linear crystals. I will be ordering a few low order, 1/2 plates for 460nm. If anyone would like me to add to the order let me know. A couple of years ago the coated, 10mm aperture, mounted low order 1/2 wave plates were $65 each. The current price depends on quantity, but I suspect the quote won't be much different. I'll have to see. If you are interested, let me know without commitment and I'll get an actual price and delivery estimate.

The numbers are low as in less than 10. The company has recently increased the price for these "smaller" quantities to $165. That is too rich for me and so far from where I presented it that I held back to see if there was enough interest to reproach them with a larger quantity. I'm not holding my breath.